F. Ernest Jerome received a B.Sc. degree in Honours Physics from McMaster University, where he was that university’s first prize-winner in the annual Canadian Association of Physicists’ Examination competition. After earning a graduate degree in Oceanography at the University of British Columbia, he was appointed head of the Physics Department at Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo, BC. Professor Jerome later obtained an MBA in finance from UBC, where he was awarded the Schulich Fellowship for Entrepreneurship. He subsequently taught courses in business mathematics, corporate finance, personal financial planning, mutual funds, and securities analysis in Malaspina’s Faculty of Business. He holds a Chartered Financial Planner designation and received the 1987 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Canadian Institute of Financial Planning.